Bristol-based design agency Fiasco has rebranded an award-winning coding bootcamp as it steps up its mission to help to address the gender imbalance in the tech industry and give people the training they need for a career in the sector. Mayden Academy, which was launched in 2015 by Bath...
Specialist teams from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon have advised on three major transactions in the energy sector, including a ‘pioneering’ £40m deal that could provide a blueprint for local authorities to reduce their carbon emissions and cut costs. The power purchase agreement (PPA) between international renewable energies...
Two innovative Bristol building projects have been named among the best in the South West in a prestigious property awards scheme. The developments – The Wave inland surfing attraction at Easter Compton and the Copper Building residential scheme in South Bristol – were recognised in the 2020 Michelmores’ Property...
Three Bristol digital marketing and tech experts have set up what they believe is the most user-friendly and comprehensive platform to enable smaller firms to apply to the government’s recently launched Kickstart Scheme. KickstartGo has just one simple form that businesses need to complete if they want to make...
Bristol-based healthcare marketing and advertising agency Create Health has joined the world’s largest independent advertising and marketing agency network. Thenetworkone provides independent agency owners and senior directors with the opportunity to network, share and learn through workshops, global conferences and specialist publications. Create Health managing director Ed Hudson said...
It certainly seems to be the case that if you are self-employed, pensions saving and working out how you will fund your retirement are a worry. A full 65% of all self-employed people without a pension say they can’t currently afford to save for retirement, according to a survey...
Optimum Finance, the Bristol-based invoice finance provider, has appointed two regional sales directors to cover the West of England, Wales and the South East and promoted its Yorkshire-based sales director to commercial director. Kelvin Thomas is in charge of sales in Wales and the West while Iain Hendry has...
A Bristol lawyer who launched a group to help create opportunities for women in the sector who have taken a career break has won a national award. Sarah Green, an associate in Bristol headquartered national law firm TLT’s family team, earned the title of Outstanding Returner of the Year...
Boosting skills and developing the physical and digital infrastructure will be vital for South West to build back better from the economic ravages of coronavirus, the CBI said today in a major new report. Called Reviving Regions, the paper highlights long-standing regional inequalities across England which have inhibited growth, opportunity and...
